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Members of the British Numismatic Society 1903-2003 MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1903-2003 Introductory Note The lists that follow record all those who were members, royal members, or honorary members of the British Numismatic Society between its inaugural meeting on St Andrew's Day, 30 November 1903, and the centenary of the Society's foundation, which officially falls on 18 June 2003. The entry for each individual endeavours to provide his or her surname and full Christian names (or other given names); the years of his or her birth and death; and the dates between which he or she was a member, the first date being the exact date of election and the second either the exact date of the member's death, or the date at which resignation was tendered or amoval took effect, where the aim has been to specify the month and year but not the exact day. Users of the lists will notice that the date of death or resignation is sometimes expressed in the form'd AM' or 'res AM' followed by a stated year. These are instances where the date of a death or of a resignation is not exactly known, but where its announcement at the Society's Anniversary Meeting indicates that it had taken place before the date of that meeting. By contrast, the statement 'amoved AM' indicates that amoval for the non-payment of subscriptions and other dues took place at the Anniversary Meeting itself, as provided in the Society's rules. In some cases it is not known why an individual disappears from the Society's records or membership lists, and in these cases the last date for which there is evidence for that individual being classed as a member is given within brack- ets at the point in the entry where the date of his or her death, resignation or amoval would otherwise appear. The opportunity has been taken to indicate the years for which individuals served as Officers of the Society and as members of the Society's Council. Where a member is known to have been the son, daughter or other close relative of another member, this has been indicated. Additionally, post-nominal initials denoting the possession by members of civil or military decorations, higher degrees and widely recognised professional qualifications have been appended where these are known to the compilers. The possession of medical qualifications has been indicated either by the ini- tials of individuals' medical degrees or by initials denoting membership of national medical organisations, or by both. Royal and honorary members are recorded in separate lists. Those honorary members elected to the Society before 1914 as being the diplomatic representatives of their countries at the Court of St James's did not differ in status from other honorary members, but their names have for convenience been brought together under the heading 'honorary diplomatic members'. The Society's rules have historically made no distinction in nomenclature between individual members and institu- tional members, but institutional members have been listed separately in lists of the Society's membership that have been published in volumes of the British Numismatic Journal from 1955 onwards, and they are so listed below. It is convenient to note here that at the British Numismatic Society's inaugural meeting, it was resolved that the Society 'be declared duly established and constituted of the members whose names are entered in the Register of Members, which Register was read by the Chairman'. The Register in question is not known to survive (it seems likely that it was destroyed by enemy action during the 1939-45 war, together with the Society's early minute books, while being housed for safety in the Department of Coins and Medals of the British Museum), but the names of the original members of the Society as of 30 November 1903 are recorded in the third edition of the original printed 'Prospectus of the British Numismatic Society'. This Prospectus exists in five editions in all, of which the first two, issued by the Society's three provisional joint Hon .Secretaries prior to the Society's inaugural meeting, list the members recruited up to the unstated dates in the autumn of 1903 when these editions were printed. In the present list original members named in the first edition of the Prospectus are identified as 'orig (IP)', while those first named in the second or third edition are described as 'orig (2P)' or 'orig (3P)' as appropriate. In the fourth and fifth editions the list of original members given in the third edition appears unchanged. It should also be noted that from vol II of the British Numismatic Journal, containing the Society's Proceedings for the year 1905, to volume IX of the Journal, containing the Society's Proceedings for the year 1912, the list of members printed at the end of each volume is undated, but can be seen to be a list corrected to a date in the calendar year follow- ing the year to which the Proceedings relate. In the next two volumes, volumes X and XI, the membership lists are again undated but can be seen to have been corrected to dates two years later than the year to which the Proceedings relate, i.e. to 1915 and to 1916 respectively. Consequently, where in the lists that follow it has been necessary to cite the evidence of these membership lists, the date '1905' in brackets has been used where the member's name appears in the member- ship list dated 27 July 1905 in vol 1, but the dates ' 1905+' onwards to ' 1912+' have been used where members' names appear in lists which are undated but which are one year later in date than the ostensible date of the volume in which they are printed ; and the dates ' 1913++' and ' 1914++' have been used for the lists in volumes X and XI. From volume XII onwards the membership lists in the Journal remain of later date than the year or years of Proceedings printed in the same volume, but no problem arises as to their dating, for all carry the date to which they are corrected, and these are the dates cited in what follows. Thus, the date '1918' in brackets relates to the presence of a member's name in the list corrected to 30 June 1918 which appears in vol. XII of the Journal. 214 MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1903-2003 After 1927, when the earliest of the Society's now surviving minute books commences, the evidence for changes in the Society's membership becomes more complete, and it is not until the mid 1960s that it again becomes difficult to determine the dates when members ceased to belong to the Society, the Society's Treasurer and Secretary from then until the 1980s habitually reporting resignations to each other rather than to the Society's Council. The entries for members elected up to the end of 1967 have largely been supplied by one of the present joint authors (Hugh Pagan), while the entries for the period from 1968 onwards have been the primary responsibility of the other joint author (Charles Farthing). We are grateful to those of the Society's past and present officers and members who have facilitated our study of the Society's older records, or have provided helpful information. Hugh Pagan would also like to express his thanks to staff members at The Law Society, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Institute of British Architects for the information which they have provided from their records on early members of the British Numismatic Society known to have belonged to these organisations. Hugh Pagan Charles Farthing ORDINARY MEMBERS A'Ababrelton, Robert Turtle Adamson, Alexander Scott FSA Alexander, Stephen Thomas (b.l852) (UK/South Africa) (Scot) Norman FCA 24 May 1905 - d ann May 1938 (b.l 932) (b.l 944) 25 Jun 1975 - * 23 Oct 2001 -* Abbott, Ernest Henry LRIBA (1859-1932) Addison-Scott, Miss Kate Allcard, Lieut.-Col. Herbert 23 Mar 1904-res AM 1911 DSO 24 Feb 1909-d AM 1914 (1876-1970) Abbott, George Henry MB CM Ahbe, Mrs .Eleanor (1867-1942) (Australia) (1915-1985) (USA) 28 Nov 1947-res Sep 1963 30 Nov 1921 - res Jan 1938 25 May 1971 - res Dec 1980 Council 1950-1 Allen, Clifford Hubert FCA Abraham, Edward Adolphus Victor Ailesbury, 5th Marquess of, Henry (1904-1973) (1852-1918) (British Guiana) Augustus Brudenell-Bmce JP 23 Oct 1957-d 13 Mar 1973 11 May 1904-d4 Jun 1918 (1842-1911) Council 1961-7 Treas 1968-73 orig (IP) - res AM 1909 Vice-Pres 1904-9 Allen, Derek Fortrose CB FBA FSA Abramson, Anthony Ian Joseph (1910-1975) FCA 30 Nov 1935 - hon 22 Jun 1971- (b.l 949) Aitken, John Winfield d 13Jun 1975 23 May 1995 - * (USA) Council 1937 Sec 1938-41 Council 1942-5 Vice-Pres 1946 Dir 1947 Acworth, Rev. Robert William 30 Nov 1910 - (1912+) Council 1954-8 Pres 1959-63 Harrison Council 1964 Vice-Pres 1965-75 (1870-1951) Aitken, Mrs. Editor BNJ vols 22 pts ii, iii, 23 23 Mar 1938-res Jun 1947 19 Mar 1913-dAM 1915 Akers-Douglas, Alastair George Allen, James North Adams, A.P. (afterwards 4th Viscount Chilston) (b.l 920) (b.l 946) 23 Oct 1973 - * 23 Oct 1957-res Sep 1959 27 Oct 1959 (j) - amoved AM 1962 Adams, Colin Al-Qazweni, Hussein S.S.T. Allen, John (b.l 950) (Kuwait) 24 Oct 1967-(1971) 25 Apr 1995 - * 28 Jan 1997 - * Adams, Edgar Holmes Allen, John Cameron (1868-1940) (USA) Alden, George B.
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